Born in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joshua Holcomb
and Ruth (Sherwood) Holcomb
Sister of
Thomas Holcomb, Sarah (Holcomb) Case, Elizabeth (Holcomb) Marshall, Joshua Holcombe, Deborah (Holcomb) Porter, Mary (Holcomb) Buell, Mindwell Holcomb, Hannah (Holcomb) Buell, Joab Holcomb and Moses Holcomb
Wife of
Richard Porter
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 44
in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Sep 2010
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Biography
Ruth (Holcombe) Porter 1664 1709
Death
- 9 Jan 1709 Waterbury, Connecticut
Spouse: Richard Porter [1]
Sources
- ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
- Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1898) Page 17: "Ruth daughter of Jofua Holco was Borne may. 26. 64."
- Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., Sept. 1992) Page 219
- Find A Grave. Ruth Holcomb Porter.
- Kuhns, Maude Pinney. The "Mary and John". A Story of The Founding of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1630. (Tuttle Pub. Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1943) Page 44
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
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~0.39%
Robbin Stewart
:
23andMe
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~0.39%
Marvin Bailey :
23andMe, GEDmatch XC5100486 [compare]
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